83rd Devotion: First Aid at Home

[favoritetraitor]

[Accidental Video// Action for the apartment]

[The video comes to life, showing a somewhat harried Solomon walking quickly across the room. His crisp white shirt is painted a deep crimson from the collar down on one side. And his hand stays firmly pressed to the side of his neck as he disappears into another room for a moment.

When he returns, he carries a few bags of blood and a medical bag under in one arm.]

And I just bought the couch too. Of course, it will have to be replaced...

[Sighing, his body sinks down to dig through his medical bag, pulling out some sterile gauze, a roll of filament, and a curved needle with his free hand. He speaks to someone off-screen, voice assuring and calm.]

Don't worry, just a few stitches and everything will be fine~, you'll see.

[Turning to look off camera, he addresses the other person.]

I'm afraid I'll need your assistance now. Would you mind holding the compress while I prepare the sutures?

Comments

[voice]

[fledglingofkyou.livejournal.com]

The Underground? I don't think I heard much about it, yet.

I feel much the same. Living underground sounds so strange... like some sort of youma.

[voice]

[favoritetraitor.livejournal.com]

Youma?

And I wouldn't advise going there unless you're capable of fending off the various creatures that reside down there. It isn't what I would consider very safe for most humans.

[voice]

[fledglingofkyou.livejournal.com]

They're demonic beasts, unholy creatures. They eat people and roam the kingdom when it's in a bad state.

... okay. That's good to know.

[voice]

[favoritetraitor.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see~

No, we don't seem to have any of those here, thank goodness. I think we have enough to deal with without that.

Are you new to the City?

[voice]

[fledglingofkyou.livejournal.com]

From the sounds of it, you... we do.

Somewhat. I've been here for about a month now.

[voice]

[favoritetraitor.livejournal.com]

Well, I hope that you've been able to adjust well enough to the idiosyncrasies of this place. It can be trying...

I should introduce myself properly, though. My name is Solomon Goldsmith...

[voice]

[fledglingofkyou.livejournal.com]

So far, it's been easy enough on me. I have not been hit by a curse yet.

Oh, right! Pleased to meet you. My name is Shushou.

[voice]

[favoritetraitor.livejournal.com]

A pleasure, Miss Shushou. I must say that you've been quite fortunate to have gone so long without being cursed.

[voice]

[fledglingofkyou.livejournal.com]

I'm aware of that, and I certainly hope my luck will hold out a while longer.

[voice]

[favoritetraitor.livejournal.com]

Perhaps beings from your world have a higher resistance to the curses? Hm, I should have my people survey the populace on such a possibility...

[voice]

[fledglingofkyou.livejournal.com]

Huh... you think that's a possibility?

Do you usually investigate these things?

[voice]

[favoritetraitor.livejournal.com]

It's possible. But of course, we'll have to look into it before coming to any conclusion.

I have a research company called ARTEMIS that looks into the mysteries of the City.

[voice]

[fledglingofkyou.livejournal.com]

Of course!

... that's interesting.

[voice]

[favoritetraitor.livejournal.com]

It gave me something to do when I first was brought here, and seems to be working well.

[voice]

[fledglingofkyou.livejournal.com]

Really? So you've found out a lot already?

[voice]

[favoritetraitor.livejournal.com]

It's a constant work in progress. Research, tests, interviews, etc etc... these things take time. But I'm hopeful.

[voice]

[fledglingofkyou.livejournal.com]

... how long have you been doing this, and with what results?

[voice]

[favoritetraitor.livejournal.com]

ARTEMIS is just under one year old at this point. But for your question, it would very much depend on which project you're speaking about in order to answer it. For the most part, we've had the most success in documenting the various anomalies that have struck this City in the last year.

One must understand something in order to change it.

You have to keep in mind that any research facility needs time to be successful, and we do have the deities working against us to contend with...

[voice]

[fledglingofkyou.livejournal.com]

Right. I do understand those points.

[voice]

[favoritetraitor.livejournal.com]

True enough~ except when members are cursed and destroy the work they've so diligently put together. Or either are unable to work or vanish from the City entirely.

You can see the challenge in keeping anything together at all...

[voice]

[fledglingofkyou.livejournal.com]

Oh, so even that happens? I admit I wasn't thinking of that.

Yes, I see it clearly now.